Historical Aspects of Cataloging and Classification

Articles published in vol 35, issues 1/2 and 3/4 of the Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. Includes historical treatments for the United States, Africa, Argentina, Chile, Central America, Iran, China, Mexico, Japan, and Germany, as well as the United Kingdom Contents: Introduction / Martin D. Joachim Forging the Anglo-American Cataloging alliance: descriptive cataloging, 1830-1908 / Virgil L. P. Blake The original 73 rules of the British Museum: a preliminary analysis / Michael Carpenter Principle issues: catalog paradigms, old and new / Elisabeth de Rijk Spanhoff Historical perspectives of cataloguing and classification in Africa / Stephen M. Mutula, Mashingaidze Tsvakai Facts, approaches, and reflections on classification in the history of Argentine librarianship / Elsa E. Barber, Nicolás M. Tripaldi, Silvia L. Pisano Standardization of technical processes in Central American libraries / Alice Miranda-Arguedas Historical perspective of a union catalog in Chile: authorities and periodicals / Elizabeth N. Steinhagen The development of cataloging in China / Suqing Liu, Zhenghua Shen The development of descriptive cataloging in Germany / Hans Popst RAK or AACR2?: the current discussion in Germany on cataloging codes / Charles R. Crossant Historical aspects of cataloging and classification in Iran / Poori Soltani Cataloging in Japan: relationship between Japanese and western cataloging rules / Tadayoshi Takawashi Cataloging and classification history in Mexico / Filiberto Felipe Martínez-Arellano Three book collectors of imperial Spain / Ruth C. Carter Cultural reassertion of Alaska native languages and cultures: libraries' responses / Tamara Lincoln Descriptive standards and the archival profession / Susan E. Davis Foundations of government information and bibliographic control in the United States: 1789-1900 / John A. Shuler Characteristics of material organization and classification in the Kinsey Institute Library / Liana Zhou Development of a universal law classification: a retrospective on Library of Congress Class K / Jolande E. Goldberg The evolution of bibliographic control of maps / Rebecca L. Lubas Monastic cataloging and classification and the beginning of "Class B" at the Library of Congress / Lawrence Simpson Guthrie II Classifying and cataloguing music in American libraries: an historical overview / Carol June Bradley Cataloging and classification of Pacific and Asian language materials at the National Library of Australia / Peter Haddad Description and access in rare books cataloging: an historical survey / Beth M. Russell Posthumously plagiarizing Oliva Sabuco: an appeal to cataloging librarians / Mary Ellen Waithe, Maria Elena Vintro Serials cataloguing in Germany: the historical development / Hartmut Walravens The history of "the work" in the modern catalog / Richard P. Smiraglia